Afghanistan
Taliban Resumes Domestic Flights From Kabul
- It is alleged that one-third of the country is facing food insecurity and is in need of funds.
Since the US withdrew its forces, the Taliban who are currently controlling Afghanistan have resumed domestic flights from Kabul airport in a bid to get help from the international community.
The fall of Ashraf Ghani government to the Taliban has further heightened Afghanistan’s impoverished economy.
Reports say without help that has sustained the country for years, the Islamists will find it hard to prevent economic collapse.
It is alleged that one-third of the country is facing food insecurity and is in need of funds.
However, Western countries have said that they are ready to trade with the Taliban but that the formal recognition of regime and broader assistance will depend on action to safeguard civil liberties of citizens most especially women.
Following help from the Qatari government who sent engineers who mended the airstrip, the Taliban restarted domestic flights from Kabul airport but fed-up Afghanistans are still struggling to get cash out of the capital city’s banks which remain closed as the Islamist militant group attempts to consolidate its authority over Afghanistan.
The Qatari Ambassador to Kabul, Saeed bin Mubarak Al-Khayarin Al-Hajar, said that a technical team was able to reopen Hamid Karzai international airport on Saturday to receive aid from the international community.
According to Aljazeera, two domestic flights were operated from Kabul to the cities of Mazar-i-Sharif and Kandahar.
It is thought that the reopening of Kabul airport, which had been closed since the end of the US-led withdrawal on August 31, will facilitate an influx of humanitarian aid to help avert what the United Nations has called a ‘looming humanitarian catastrophe’.
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Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, speaking at a news conference with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in Doha, said the Gulf state was talking to the Taliban and working with Turkey for potential technical support to restart operations in Kabul airport especially foreign flights.
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